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  Festival Preview: Electric Daisy Carnival | Coming to Orlando November 4 & 5, 2016 | Tinker Field

  by Collen Pryor

  Electric Daisy Carnival or EDC is a raging dance party that always tours and never really stops. The theatrical caravan was

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  SIGT HIP HOP STOP W/RON GRANT: Drake and Kanye Working On Music, Pete Rock Comes At Mumble Rap, Atlanta Is A Hit, Mac Miller And Ariana Grande Have A New Song, Common Debuts A New Single, New Signees To G.O.O.D. Music

  by Ron Grant

  Want a fresh perspective on the week in Hip Hop news? Maybe to get an update on the Pete Rock/Lil Yachty beef or to see what Ice

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  SOLD OUT TICKET GIVEAWAY: Riot Fest and Carnival Chicago 3-Day Pass, Featuring Brand New, Death Cab For Cutie, The Flaming Lips and More! | Douglas Park, Chicago | Friday, September 16 – Sunday, September 18, 2016

  by Trevor Bosmans

  I attended Riot Fest and Carnival in Chicago for the first time in 2014 where I saw The National, Jane’s Addiction and one

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  THANK YOU: Fences for making ‘To The Tall Trembling Trees’ | Album Review

  by Mitch Foster

  I’m so warm. I’m humbled. I’m barely breathing but fully alive. The new Fences EP To The Tall Trembling Trees, released

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  Why 1996 is the most Important Year in Hip Hop History

  by Ron Grant

  1979: “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang hits the airwaves. 1984: the founding of Def Jam Recordings. 1986: Run

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  VIDEO: Anderson .Paak best NPR Tiny Desk EVER?!

  by Mitch Foster

  I’ve seen it sober, the day it came out, high a week later, sober on repeat, on shrooms right now on the couch. And,

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  SIGT HIP HOP STOP W/RON GRANT: Lauryn Hill Gets Nas For Her New Tour, New Isaiah Rashad Album, Puffy Welcomes Students, Kendrick Lamar/Childish Gambino Mash up Album, Tyler The Creator On Viceland, Teyana Taylor’s Breakthrough

  by Ron Grant

  Want a fresh perspective on the week in Hip Hop news? Here’s our take on some of the biggest stories of the past seven days.

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  Beyond The Bayou: A Benefit for Baton Rouge Flood Relief | Featuring Beth McKee, Brown Bag Brass Band, & More! | Will’s Pub, Orlando, FL | Sunday, September 4, 2016

  by Sarah Schumaker

  Eyes have been on us. The world has been watching Orlando, treating us with a gentle touch like that of a duck in an oil spill.

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  BJ Barham Live Review | Will’s Pub, Orlando, FL | Tuesday, August 23, 2016

  by Jason Earle

  No Depression recently placed BJ Barham in the same discussion as Jason Isbell. This writer has long thought such plaudits

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  Three Nights Of Stoopid-ity | Slightly Stoopid Live Review, Photos, & Video w/ SOJA & Fortunate Youth | St. Augustine-Cocoa-St. Pete, FL | August 11-14, 2016

  by Richie Williams

  Continuing a summer tradition, Slightly Stoopid brought their funky reggae jams to the Sunshine State for a 4-night Florida run

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  SIGT HIP HOP STOP W/RON GRANT: Chance The Rapper Headlining Apple Music Festival, New A Tribe Called Quest Album, DJ Shadow And Run The Jewels Collaborate, Meek Mill’s Next Mix tape, Big Boi and Killer Mike Working On A New Album, Questlove Working With Pandora

  by Ron Grant

  Want a fresh perspective on the week in Hip Hop news? Here’s our take on some of the biggest stories of the past seven days.

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  “The Show Almost Didn’t Happen” | Coldplay Live Review | Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA | August 6, 2016

  by Mitch Foster

  Jenn — I’m sorry for taking away from your experience. I’m sorry for being selfishly distant when all you

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  INSPIRE Orlando — The Artist Showcase Live Review & Photos | The Venue, Orlando, FL | August, 11, 2016

  by Matthew Weller

  I’ll be the first one to admit it. When I wrote the preview for INSPIRE, I had no real idea what to expect and wasn’t

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  SIGT HIP HOP STOP W/RON GRANT: Drake and Eminem On Stage In Detroit, The Get Down Premiers on Netflix, Freddie Gibbs Charged In Assault Case, Meek Mill Talks Beef, Chance The Rapper’s New Website, Danny Brown’s New Album

  by Ron Grant

  Want a fresh perspective on the week in Hip Hop news? Here’s our take on some of the biggest stories of the past seven days.

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  Fight the Power: How Public Enemy Triggered an Educational Revolution

  by Jason Earle

  Public Enemy’s seminal song “Fight the Power” came at a generation of young people with a belly full of guile and a healthy